New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-30
THE ATLANTA SAFE HOME.
SHE TOUCHES GROUND IN A FOG

rftg GuN TESTS SATISFY" THE BoARD-HOTcH-
* KISS Guxs TO BE MADE IN AMERICA
WASHINGTON. July CO. The following letter from the
commanding officer OF the Atlanta was received at the
Navy Department this morning 49, ..
-, Usrrrp STATS STEAMER ATLANTA "a raie)}
obedience to paragraph 90 page 49, Navy Regina
g or sgSr ts % is. II the batteries.
toSohed ground yesterday during fog sea smooh f"'
frf . wa, sana the ship going slowly under bell
sDa w ss and anchored The
was underway again and brought into ,s am
careful Ssss sasrsa ANY injury %haisys
The temporary casIon propeller No pipe wire or sSnne nee
iiou Of machinery etc. etc. was found to be injured nor
This she got under way and with the bo,ra
the Beard parts Of the maehnsy ~ s ss
the before she touched bottom vsry
fu H C. WHITNEY s M ssns ne S@Ts Vary Depart
naent Washington d. G.
hn. seen receive from the they unable
to say Whether Ss esi 70 be or
impression drawn from previous reports 10 '' must
have been otherwise
Secretary whitney announces that negotiations which
have been pending between the Navy Department and
the Hotehkiss Ordnance Company have eliminated in
contract theeect OF which will be the establishment OF
branch mandatory for Hotchkiss ordnance In this
country.
Our secondary batteries" the Secretary said to-day
"have heretofore Deen maze aOrOau anu SiVat"h
an establishment for their mandatory In this country
will mark another and most important era In the re-
construction OF the Navy Italy-every important Eu
ropean powor IN act-had establishment for the ma
ufacture of Hotchkiss ordnance. by delaying for time
the purchase ordnance OF this character we are ena
bled to tender contracts for a large supply.
The companys Investigations have elected the fact
that taking the superiority of American machinery into
consideration the guns may be made as cheapy here as
abroad 1t as matter Of necessity with US either 10
act ND mandatory OF own or get the hotchkiSs
Com pauy here since we can no longer aoru 70
be dependen upon other countries for our war mate
nal. ,,. 1870 ,;os
The six-pouuder rapid-0re Hotchkss gun requires
but one man control IT, Is fired from the shoulder anu
discharges twenty three shells per minute with Velo
ty sufficient for the penetration OF twolnch Steel
seryceabe against torpedo boats unarmored ships ana
in clearing the exposed decks OF roncads The company
is now developing niue-pounder and IL eNperineh
with THIRTY FOUNDER. With the Bethlehem Iron Com
many contract and this executed American snip
bujders will be able build and war ships entirely
from American manufactures"
Chief Engineer Melville today submitted 10 the
Secretary of the Navy the designs for the ma
chnery OF the two 19-knot cruisers which he
promised have ready by August l. These designs are
submitted In response to circular from secretary "hi
new calling for designs for the vessels and their ma
chnery and in competition with a number OF otner
designs recently submitted by naval experts. Engineer
Melville submitted two sets or tracngs Tor tue de
sgns No 81 for the use or the Conservation Bureau